Don''t Tell Mom The Babysitter''s Dead

I love it too, OP. My sister and I used to watch it together, along with Drop Dead Fred. I don't know why, but we got the biggest kick out of those two films together.

I didn't know there was a planned sequel/remake. With who?

Ashley Tisdale, of all people. However, it's not set in stone. Mark Gordon is behind the remake.

the young kid who played the brother died of a drug overdose, in fact, he was loaded in the movie

"I'm right on top of that, Rose!"

I heard that, R3. His name was, Christopher Pettiet.

Talk about another drug-related nightmare, Christina Applegate was there the night that River Phoenix died. She literally walked past his dying body outside the night club.

Josh Charles ("The Good Wife") plays Sue Ellen's boyfriend, the hot dog vendor.

Rose: Sue Ellen, have you ever had a 48 hour orgasm?

Sue Ellen: No, I've never been to Santa Barbara.

Love, love LOVE this movie! I'm forever quoting it. Joanna Cassidy is amazing in this.

Sue Ellen: Taxes! They took *half* of my paycheck for taxes! And some "savings and pension plan".

Sue Ellen: Are you talking about us having SEX?

Gus: Whoa! You're moving way too fast for me! But if that's what you're interested in, it can be arranged. And if not, I was just kidding.

Kenny: Dishes are DONE!

Also love this movie. My (straight) brother and I still quote it to this day. %0D %0D "You need to go to personnel. You will see a sign. It will say (puts finger to temple) 'personnel.'"

One of the last films before Grunge arrived. Looks like a 90210 movie. Love it though. Love the drag queens taking the car.

Right there with ya OP.. LOVED that movie even though I was post college (I think) when it came out. Actually, maybe I was IN college at the time.

My favorite scene also was the drag queens.

"Hey! Those queens are stealing our car!" The queens cackle as they drive away. LOL!! LOVE it!

Love the response...

"Call the cops.."

"And say what officer, Liza Minelli stole our Buick!?"

I don't even know what an executive administrative assistant does. I'm only 17!

Yes! And Teen Witch! Double love!

Such an 80s movie, even though it came out in the 90s. The title sounds like a 70s exploitation horror movie. You could change the music and re-edit the trailer into a horror movie pretty easily, like they did with "Mary Poppins."

It has a great soundtrack too! I found it on eBay.

What is it this time, Caroline? Something?

LIZA?!??!

Are you familiar with the QED report?

lol OMG I just referenced it a couple posts ago with a paraphrase, "I'm right on top of it, Rose"

Christina is divine!

We are in the BOWELS of the fashion industry!

omg i love this movie.

I sometimes say, "I'm right on top of that Rose" and if the person gets the reference, they become my bestie.

This movie was EVERYTHING! It takes me straight back to childhood. I need to Netflix it!

It's one of my favorites of all time favorites (Josh Charles, drool).

i love it! i've seen it oodles of times.%0D %0D "nice old lady died of natural causes"%0D %0D and%0D %0D "she left us with all this money"

General Apparel West

Sue Ellen's driver's license at link!

Well, Bruce, I'm an executive level administrative assistant and when I have those figures ready I'll give you a buzz and you can run on up here and fetch them, alright?

I think Jane Lynch could play Rose perfectly in the remake.

I love the scene when the little kid falls from the roof. Look at the stunt double. They didn't even try to match the kids size. lol

My sister had an employee once shout to her "I'm right on top of that, Rose" during a busy period. They were bonded for life after that.

The dishes are done...DUDE!!!

Thank you, Katrina...THANK YOU, Katrina!!!

rfor little trollops to go home!

WTF?

Time for little trollops to go home!

Mrs. Sturak? She, uh, she went to the yarn store. Yeah, she's crocheting this massive doily for the couch!

Awesome movie love it but wait there's a remake? i had no clue anyawy the orginal one is way way better eveybody knows you cannot remake a movie like this maybe Freaky Friday or The Parent Trap but not this one no way!!! i love this movie so much yay!

Petty cash.

This was the last point in time when a movie could show teenagers smoking cigarettes without people having a meltdown.

And in restaurants R39!

Watching it on youtube right now. Up to part 6.

People, get it right...

'Dishes are done, MAN'

"I'll have a Martini & Rossi on the rocks."

"Sweet or dry?"

"A little of both!"

Last fall, I started drinking sweet and dry vermouth on the rocks, and I call it a "Christina Applegate."

I remember seeing this movie at the theater when I was a kid. Fond memories!

The fashion show at the end is fucking brilliant.

This movie was surprisingly good. thanks for the memory!

R8.

Excuse me...but the correct dialogue is:

Dishes are DONE, MAN!

The song was by Army of Lovers.

You should get the film's soundtrack. It's amazing!!!

The writer has revealed what was in the original script and how the thing got made. He wasn't a big writer. The film was originally titled "The Real World". The film is pretty strange when you think about it. It doesn't really make sense, and the babysitter has next to nothing to do with the overall plot. I had the VHS. There was a commercial before the feature, it was to win the babysitter's car. They had a phone number to call.

The house used for the film was tracked down a few years ago.

There was a cast reunion a few years ago along with the writer and director. They showed the film again.

My favorite moment:

Sue Ellen: Thank you, Katrina. THANK YOU, Katrina!

[Katrina turns to Sue Ellen with a scared look on her face]

Is is pathetic that when I was 16 me and a friend re-created the "hippity hop" scene at the Kay-Bee toy store at the Pony Village Mall in North Bend,OR?

Actually,he didn't know it was a scene from the film cuz he'd never seen it. He was year older and I had a little crush on him and I wanted him to think I was more fun to be around than his girlfriend who was kind of a bitch.

Anyway,it paid off. After graduation we stayed in touch while he stayed home working in the plywood industry and I went to the U of O. When I was 21 I came home one summer and learned he had divorced the bitch(whom he married at 19) and we basically spent the whole summer hanging out. One night at his house out in the country we watched "The Shining" and he got so freaked out that when as I was about to go home around 2 AM he asked me to stay the night and actually sleep in his bed with him because he didn't want to be alone.

We fucked for the first time that night and for the remainder of the summer.

To this day, when I get back to my hometown we still get together for reminiscing and hot sex.

And it's all thanks to "Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead".

This movie should have been in the Bad Movies We Love thread

I'd have to watch it again. I remember at the end you have forgotten about the dead babysitter completely.

Don't Tell Mom... is a sequel of sorts of Heathers (soundtrack by the same composer too!). Both deal with otherwise conventional teenage girls who, quite by accident, manage to break out of the social systems enslaving their peers, through very unorthodox means, and as a result become extremely individual, unique and imaginative people with almost autonomous resourcefulness by the end of the two films. I like to think the two movies exist in the same 'world'. Veronica Sawyer and Sue Ellen Crandall are utterly brilliant creations.

What is the song that's playing during Swell's date with Josh Charles when they're watching those things at the seashore?

R53.

Because she was a bitch who deserved to die.

r55, the song is Life's Rich Tapestry - the band is called Modern English:

Love it (except for the title). I think "Summer Shenanigans" or something like that would have been more appropriate. Hated the Jayne Brook character (what a BITCH, as was the David Duchovny character). I remember being around 14 when it came out, and I SO wanted to make up a resume and see if I could land a cushy office job. Josh Charles was really cute in this, and Christina Applegate was probably at her hottest. Keith Coogan was STILL playing a teen when he was clearly too old to be (and his lacefront wig was horrible). Excellent soundtrack (the DRAGGIN' THE LINE remake and LIFE'S RICH TAPESTRY are wonderful).

I loved this movie too.

Leonardo DiCaprio could very well have ended up playing one of the kids. Him and the boy who played Jake or Josh or whatever his name was were usually up for the same roles. Tragically, the actor has since died.

Imagine if everybody's boss was like Rose.

Thanks, R57!

How come this movie hasn't been made into a Broadway musical yet?

They've been making every other movie from that era into a Broadway musical! Heathers, Pretty Woman, Ghost, Sister Act...

It's perfect material.

Rose, I've got the EBT report ready!

My boss is like Rose.

That's QED, R64!

"You let Cathy do the Q.E.D. report?!" "Uh-huh." :-( :-) "I was wondering how you were going to get that AND the research for the presentation done. BRAVO! You REALLY know how to delegate responsibility. Carolyn - you want to be executive material? Keep an eye on Sue Ellen. YOU! YOU are a PARAGON."

I stand corrected R66!

QED! I love that R67 remembered that entire line, perfectly apparently.

Who would win in a powerful female boss cage fight?

Rose from Don't Tell Mom...

or

Katharine Parker from Working Girl?

R69, I think it would be Rose, who really never loses her cool. Katherine Parker gets too emotional and then loses her game.

There's a pair of cuff-links that is going back to the jewelers in the morning. Happy Birth Onslow.

"Zach, I bought a pair of boots and a magazine with the petty cash money. You bought a home entertainment center?!!!"

I used to know Christina's "It's a rat race and it sucks..." monologue by heart.

Christina was at her peak here.

r73 - so what do you want, a medal?

"His name was, Christopher Pettiet."

Oh, dear.

I could watch this movie over and over. Such a light-hearted feel good flick.

I like the sound of "petty cash".

Great Keith Coogan double feature with "Adventures In Babysitting". Applegate deserved a bigger career.

My siblings and I have been saying "the dishes are done" and "per-so-nel" since this movie was in heavy rotation on HBO back in the early 90s. Love it.

In a VOL-VO with no airconditioning

[quote]Applegate deserved a bigger career.

Agreed. She's good in comedy and drama. Look up a flick she did right before DTMTBD called "Streets". She plays a teen hooker on the streets of Venice, Cal., fighting for her life against a psychotic cop.

Brilliant

I haven't seen it in 20 years, but I still remember things like "per-son-nel" and "Diamonds are forever" and "She's only seventeen!" I do not remember Josh Charles being in it. I guess I really need to re-watch this!

Just reading through the comments has made me feel very warm and fuzzy. Is it considered a 'bad' movie? I didn't know it had a cult following.

Let's not forget about the movie's big power ballad:

I liked Adventures in Babysitting better. That chick wandering around in the bus stop has me in stitches every time.

"She's getting us up at the BUTT CRACK of dawn to tidy up the garage!"

"I liked Adventures in Babysitting better. That chick wandering around in the bus stop has me in stitches every time."

I love that movie, too. Or at least I loved it when I was 13.

Adventures in Babysitting is better because Elisabeth is a better actress than young Christina.

Bump. I'm watching this now. Sue Ellen, every woman over 25 should have a cucumber in the house.

I'm right on top pf that rose...

David Duchovny was so young and greasy in this!

I love the reversed husband/wife argument Sue Ellen and Kenny have in the kitchen.